Holden seemed a good bloke so wish him well for the future and I'm sure he'll succeed somewhere
I'm sure he will. I don't think we can say the same for Charlton Athletic.
We either get a manager who just wants a gig and doesn't really give a shit or an idiot who genuinely thinks they can turn the club around, in which case I wouldn't trust them to manage the tea.
Every time we dump a manager we get a little fantasy: Curbs! Powell! then, weirdly, Wilder! Who seems to have become proper Charlton despite never having had anything to do with the club other than a "no thanks" a few years ago.
Anyone remember when Charlton was synonymous with 'well-run, progressive club', the poster-club for sustainable growth? Yeah, I get that was 20 years ago, but we are a true basket case now. I'll give these owners one chance to get this right, but if we don't complete the squad this week and get in a manager with some credibility in the same time frame, it's another season down the pan.
Crikey. Was only a month ago we was going into the season more positive than many of the previous seasons and predicting top 6 finishes (me included). I thought this season would be different and exciting.
5 games in and we are once again a fcking shambles of a club. Never change Charlton. Never change.
Does this mean no more player signings this transfer window as we do not have a manager. Also a new one would expect a budget for players he can have say over. This is just such a mess.
I think players will still sign without a manager, although if we’re competing with other clubs you’d be concerned. Ultimately though players will join us, we signed Gilbey and Washington when the clubs existence was under threat.
Does this mean no more player signings this transfer window as we do not have a manager. Also a new one would expect a budget for players he can have say over. This is just such a mess.
I'm sure there'll be a few players not wanted or valued by their clubs but who have contracts. They'll come in on loan.
I feel sure this has been terribly upsetting for Dean Holden. This is not a black and white situation. Yes the results have been terrible, but apart from Newport we have not lost by shedloads of goals. We have missed crucial players with injuries, and at times played well. Holden has even tried to be reactive and attempt to tackle (unsuccessfully) problematic situations. I do think he is a little bit naïve, and would probably only create teams that punch about their weight so he needed good players. Maybe Holden was actually too sweet a guy for the job that needed to be done. I wish him the best and will remember him more fondly that many others. Good luck Dean Holden, real shame it hasn't worked out.
We wont be settled on the pitch - Until we have a settled Manager... This merry go round is fucking ridiculous, how do we build something with this approach?
Whatever way you twist it, sacking a manager only 5 games into the season is showing how shambolic the club is run from the very top.
In some sort of fairness to the sacking, how many supporters thought the squad so poor that it should be losing at Newport, Peterborough, Oxford and at home to Bristol R & Port Vale? Personally, I think we threw away the games v Newport, Bristol R & Port Vale & a point v Oxford due to the manager/coach.
Whatever way you twist it, sacking a manager only 5 games into the season is showing how shambolic the club is run from the very top.
It's marginally better than sacking a manager just after the window has closed (which would have been after the Fleetwood game), but still dreadful, especially as still have so much transfer business to do this week, and a new manager will have different opinions about the current squad, and transfer priorities. That can't be left ENTIRELY to Scott.
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We either get a manager who just wants a gig and doesn't really give a shit or an idiot who genuinely thinks they can turn the club around, in which case I wouldn't trust them to manage the tea.
Every time we dump a manager we get a little fantasy: Curbs! Powell! then, weirdly, Wilder! Who seems to have become proper Charlton despite never having had anything to do with the club other than a "no thanks" a few years ago.
I don’t think Holden has had a good couple of weeks at all, but I also think he has been supported and now treated incredibly shabbily.
C***s.
Why stop there? Lennie? Steve Gritt? How about Robinson, he's done alright since us? Or Garner? Or how about the great days under Riga? Bob Peeters?
His wife was already working down here I believe.
5 games in and we are once again a fcking shambles of a club. Never change Charlton. Never change.
Also a new one would expect a budget for players he can have say over.
This is just such a mess.
This is not a black and white situation. Yes the results have been terrible, but apart from Newport we have not lost by shedloads of goals. We have missed crucial players with injuries, and at times played well. Holden has even tried to be reactive and attempt to tackle (unsuccessfully) problematic situations.
I do think he is a little bit naïve, and would probably only create teams that punch about their weight so he needed good players. Maybe Holden was actually too sweet a guy for the job that needed to be done.
I wish him the best and will remember him more fondly that many others.
Good luck Dean Holden, real shame it hasn't worked out.
We need to concentrate on building in January for our 2025 promotion push.
Personally, I think we threw away the games v Newport, Bristol R & Port Vale & a point v Oxford due to the manager/coach.